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Robert J. Sawyer, the award-winning and bestselling writer, hits the peak of his powers in Humans, the second book of The Neanderthal Parallax

The trilogy tells of our world and a parallel one in which it was the Homo sapiens who died out and the Neanderthals who became the dominant intelligent species. This powerful idea allows Sawyer to examine some of the deeply rooted assumptions of contemporary human civilization dramatically, by confronting us with another civilization, just as morally valid, that has made other choices. In Humans, Neanderthal physicist Ponter Boddit, a character you will never forget, returns to our world and to his relationship with geneticist Mary Vaughan, as cultural exchanges between the two Earths begin.

As we see daily life in another present-day world, radically different from ours, in the course of Sawyer's fast-moving story, we experience the bursts of wonder and enlightenment that are the finest pleasures of science fiction. Humans is one of the best SF novels of the year, and The Neanderthal Parallax is an SF classic in the making.

Humans is a 2004 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel.

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"The biggest job of science fiction is to portray the Other. To help us imagine the strange and see the familiar in eerie new ways. Nobody explores this territory more boldly than Robert Sawyer."--David Brin on "Humans
""Hominids is anthropological fiction at its best."-- W. Michael Gear & Kathleen O'Neal Gear, "USA Today-bestselling "authors of Raising Abel
"A rapidly plotted, anthropologically saturated speculative novel . . . [with] Sawyer-signature wide appeal." "-The Globe & Mail on "Hominids

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Robert J. Sawyer is the author of Flashforward, winner of the Aurora Award and the basis for the hit ABC television series. He is also the author of the WWW series―Wake, Watch and Wonder―Hominids, Calculating God, Mindscan, and many other books. He has won the Hugo, Nebula and John W. Campbell Memorial awards―making him one of only seven writers in history to win all three of science-fiction’s top awards for best novel. He was born in Ottawa and lives in Mississauga, Ontario.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tor Books; First edition (July 6, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0765326337
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0765326331
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.86 x 8.5 inches

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Robert J. Sawyer is one of only eight writers ever to win all three of the world’s top awards for best science-fiction novel of the year: the Hugo, the Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. He has also won the Robert A. Heinlein Award, the Edward E. Smith Memorial Award, and the Hal Clement Memorial Award; the top SF awards in China, Japan, France, and Spain; and a record-setting sixteen Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards (“Auroras”).

Rob’s novel FlashForward was the basis for the ABC TV series of the same name, and he was a scriptwriter for that program. He also scripted the two-part finale for the popular web series Star Trek Continues.

He is a Member of the Order of Canada, the highest honor bestowed by the Canadian government, as well as the Order of Ontario, the highest honor given by his home province; he was also one of the initial inductees into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

Rob lives just outside Toronto.His website and blog are at sfwriter.com, and on Facebook, Twitter, and Patreon he’s RobertJSawyer.

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Mr. C

5 Stars on Hominids, 4 on Humans, ? on Hybrids

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 23, 2003

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As a science teacher, I am an avid reader of anthropology textbooks and fiction. I have read most college level textbooks of anthropology, most factual books of paleoanthropology from Ian Tattersall and the rest, and most works of fiction on the subject ranging from Jane Aeul's series to Petru Propescu's "Almost Adam". It was in a dry spell, as I had consumed all there was, that I found Robert J. Sawyer's "Hominids". Normally, I tend to stay away from science fiction, but, a Neanderthal Parallax? I had to give this one a chance.
Hominids was a feast for my eyes, my mind, my heart, and my humanity. It raises compelling questions about our human condition from a very outside and an rational perspective. It is well researched, which is a requirement for a good anthropological fiction in my mind. Aeul explored the caves in France, but, Sawyer MET with Tattersall!!!
The second book of the trilogy "Humans" was good. I have never waited for a book with such anticipation. I felt like a boy with my first new bike, the anticipation to ride so very exciting, yet a challenging aspect about it causes me to hesitate and take it step my step, so when I have conquered it I will experience the thrill and absorb the accomplishment just to prepare myself for the next level. I was only hoping for more about the anthropomorphic life of the Neanderthal, and less about the romance.
The third book in the trilogy: "Hybrids" has already been pre-ordered. This trilogy is still by far the best I have ever read, and I have read many.

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lindaluane

neanderthals do not understand our warlike way of life

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Continuation of Hominids - a parallel world where Neandethals survived and humans did not. After going back to his world - Ponter tells of his visit and how he would like to begin communication between the two worlds
The Neaderthal life seems to be more peaceful than our human life - and Ponter missed many of our warlike ways. Neanderthals do not believe in a supreme being or an afterlife. They also find Wars pointless. I found the more peaceful life that they had developed much nicer than the way we have developed
He does come back with a diplomat representative going with him... and he becomes aware of the negatives of humanity... which I agree with

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Barbara Frederick

Part Two of a Terrific Series

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This is Book Two of the Neanderthal Parallax. The basic premise is that a portal has been accidentally opened between our own world and that of a parallel one in which neanderthals were the ones who evolved and "gliiksins" (us) died out. The time of the separation is estimated to have been about 40,000 years ago, although we will have to wait until Book Three (with some hints at the end of this one) about how the split occurred. I confess I don't understand enough about quantum theory to know how plausible this all is, but have no trouble taking it as scientifically demonstrated within the story.

Ponter Boddit accidentally -- and then later purposefully -- crossed over into our world, found himself in a deep nickel mine in Canada, and managed to make himself understood because of an implanted computer device that was able to translate English for him, however imperfectly. He made friends with Mary Vaughan, a Canadian geneticist who was able to demonstrate that he was in fact descended from neanderthals based on her research in DNA from fossils. In fact, they became such good friends that Ponter invited Mary to visit his world for his daughter's bonding ceremony. Not much like the Catholic marriage she had been through many years before.

See, Ponter's people do not have any religion: no God, no afterlife, none of that. So his understanding of Mary's hang-ups is limited, and she continues to be shocked and/or upset by things that are completely natural in Ponter's world, and I have to admit I side with him on much of this. But I must admit I don't think I could participate in the flensing of a deer carcass, either.

But this is not merely a reciprocal travelogue of the two worlds. It is a deeply human (yes, human is the right word on both sides of the portal) story of complexity and sensitivity. Perhaps we can get a glimpse of just how sensitive by the fact that Book Three is entitled "Hybrids." I've started reading it at once.

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Kay Smillie

War, ugh! What is it good for?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 8, 2016

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A fine sequel to Hominids. As well as the sci-fi aspect of parallel worlds where humans died out on the other world, the author has a dig at some aspects of our beliefs. Particularly religion and war. Neanderthals do not believe in a supreme being or an afterlife. They also find Wars pointless. This has resulted in some negative reviews. I actually enjoyed the story more because of the questioning of humanity.

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Peter Trinder

A shadow of The Neanderthal Parallax Book 1

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 3, 2020

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Whilst I did enjoy 'Humans', I found that the focus of the content shifted quickly from science in book 1 to a focus more on romance in this novel.

Overall, the effect is enjoyable, but it doesn't have the grip of the first novel. This will not put me off the third novel however, and some aspects hinted at in this book, but not concluded seem to indicate that novel 3 will refocus on science, or perhaps fittingly for a novel called 'hybrids' will mix romance and science in equal measures.

dprees

Not very believable; not very interesting; poorly developed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 19, 2003

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I've a relative newcomer to Mr. Sawyer's works. I rather enjoyed Hominids, the first in this trilogy, but frankly, I was disappointed by this sequel. It is mildly diverting to find out a little more about Mary and Ponter, but beyond that, the rest of the book is really pretty flat. Where new characters are introduced, they seem one-dimensional, and plot-lines never develop significantly. The book becomes a thinly disguised rant at gun ownership, and also has a good go at our "civilisation", contrasting it with the utopia enjoyed by the Neanderthals. No objection to these themes being used -- but I would like a little thought to be put into them, and perhaps opposing points of view contrasted.
Some mildly diverting bits, and the section based at the Vietnam memorial was moving; however, this book left a nasty taste in my mouth. I doubt if I'll bother with the 3rd installment, and Mr. Sawyer is not likely to be an automatic buy for me, based on this outing.

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quirkius

Loved it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 30, 2018

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It's a very easy yet intriguing read. As the cover says; social commentary under the guise of SF. Have a read, if nothing else, it will at least make you think.

Steve Richards

Weak story but full of great ideas

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 7, 2018

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I read this many years ago and I’m enjoying it even more now. The story itself is weak, but the idea of the two worlds is very compelling and well thought through.

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